George Haarman – Best Practices in Clinical Supervision: A Blueprint for Providing Effective and Ethical Clinical Supervision

Outline

ESTABLISH ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Administrative vs. clinical supervision
• Role of the clinical supervisor
• Teaching supervisees how to use supervision effectively
• Assisting supervisees in taking an active role

CHOOSE THE MOST EFFECTIVE SUPERVISION MODEL FOR YOUR SETTING

• Developmental models
• Psychotherapy based models
• Integrative models
• Parallel process model
• The supervisee as “patient”

MASTER EFFECTIVE METHODS AND TECHNIQUES OF SUPERVISION

• Multicultural supervision
• Individual vs. group supervision
• Co-therapy vs. co-responsibility
• Case consultation
• Written activities and case notes
• Live observation
• Interactive live supervision
• Audio and video recording of sessions
• Experiential methods

AVOID AND RESOLVE PROBLEMS THAT ARISE DURING SUPERVISION

• Ethical
  • Supervisor competence
  • Informed consent
  • Boundary issues
  • Dual relationships
  • Supervisor/supervisee obligations
  • Incompetent or impaired supervisees
  • Sexual attraction
  • Confidentiality
  • Documentation
  • Evaluation and feedback
• Legal
  • Vicarious liability
  • Standard-of-care
  • Negligence
  • Confidentiality vs. privilege
  • Duty to warn/report
  • Due process
• Risk management
  • Knowledge of ethical codes and mental health law
  • Supervision contracts
  • Boundaries of competence
  • Consultation supervision
  • Documentation
  • Ongoing training in supervision
  • Liability insurance coverage
  • Insuring confidentiality
  • Supervisory malpractice

PROPERLY EVALUATE SUPERVISEES AND SUPERVISION

• Formative vs. summative evaluations
• Criteria for evaluation
• Standardization of methods
• Self-evaluation
• Objective evaluation tools
• Supervisory evaluation
• 360-degree feedback
• Develop a supervisory plan

CASE STUDIES